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ISRAEL.Qxp Mise En Page 1 11/07/2019 14:40 Page1 Middle East & West Asia ISRAEL UNITARY COUNTRY Fiche ISRAEL.qxp_Mise en page 1 11/07/2019 14:40 Page1 Middle East & West Asia ISRAEL UNITARY COUNTRY BASIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS INCOME GROUP: HIGH INCOME LOCAL CURRENCY: NEW ISRAELI SHEKEL (ILS) POPULATION AND GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC DATA Area: 21 643 km 2 GDP: 333.4 billion (current PPP international dollars), i.e. 38 276 dollars per inhabitant Population: 8.709 million inhabitants (2017), an increase of 1.7% (2017) per year (2010-2015) Real GDP growth: 3.3% (2017 vs 2016) Density: 402 inhabitants / km 2 Unemployment rate: 4.2% (2017) Urban population: 92.3% of national population Foreign direct investment, net inflows (FDI): 18 169 (BoP, current USD millions, 2017) Urban population growth: 2.0% (2017) Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF): 20.3% of GDP (2016) Capital city: Jerusalem (10.4% of national population) HDI: 0.903 (very high), rank 22 (2017) MAIN FEATURES OF THE MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK Israel is a unitary parliamentary democracy established in 1948 by the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. Israel has no formal written constitution but thirteen “Basic Laws” (and a temporary one) that were passed in 1957 to set up a legal framework. The first basic law established the parliament in 1958. It is a unicameral parliament ( Knesset ) composed of 120 members elected every four years by direct universal suffrage. The Knesset elects the President of the State in a secret vote for a single, seven-year term. The country’s prime minister is the head of government and chief executive, entrusted with the task of forming the cabinet, which is the government’s main policy-making and executive body. Following the Knesset elections, the prime minister is nominated by the President from among the Knesset members after asking party leaders whom they support for the position. Israel has a rather centralised system of governance that is influenced by three factors: 1) British colonial Municipal Ordinances of 1934 and 1941 that are still in place, 2) socialist traditions of Israel’s early governments (1948-1977), and 3) its economic model called the “developmental state”. No major decentralisation reform or devolution of powers has officially taken place and the central government retains most of the powers and strict oversight of local government activities and finances. Bylaws and ordinances adopted by councils, as well as their budgets, are subject to approval by the Ministry of the Interior. However, some de-facto decentralisation of political power has taken place since the 1970s, starting with the direct election of mayors and chairpersons by universal suffrage since the 1975 Law on Local Authorities, which went into effect in 1978 (“the Law on the Direct Election of Local Authorities”). Previously, they were elected by local councils from among their members. Councils members are elected on the basis of proportional representation for a five-year term. Since then, the country has aimed to improve public administration and enhance accountability, transparency and financial responsibility of local governments. In fact, the central government has gradually withdrawn from delivering and overseeing local services. Some additional responsibilities have been transferred to local governments. TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION 2018 Municipal level Intermediate level regional or State level Total number of SNGs 257 local authorities Average municipal size: 33 253 inhabitants 257 257 OVERALL DESCRIPTION. The 257 local governments are divided into three categories: 77 municipalities, 124 local councils, and 54 regional councils. There are also two local industrial councils, which only manage industrial zones and do not have residents. MUNICIPAL LEVEL. The status of municipalities is granted to cities with at least 20 000 inhabitants while that of local councils is reserved for towns between 2 000 and 20 000 inhabitants. Regional councils operate at the local level, bringing together settlements spread across rural areas (mainly kibbutzim , moshavim and bedouin villages) to unite local communities and provide local services. In regional councils, each village or community elects one candidate by a simple majority, who becomes a member of the council. In 2016, around 75% of population lived in municipalities, 15% lived in local councils and 10% in regional councils. SNGs are large by international comparison. Their average demographic size is 33 500 inhabitants vs 9700 inhabitants in the OECD. Around 30% of municipalities have fewer than 5 000 inhabitants (vs 44% in the OECD) and 3% fewer than 2 000 inhabitants (vs 28% in the OECD). Israel has 15 cities with populations over 100 000, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Rishon LeZion, Ashdod, and Petah Tikva. Four metropolitan regions have been identified (Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, and Beersheba). To provide a more comprehensive assessment of both the resources and the economic and social needs of each local government, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) defined 10 socio-economic clusters which are used by the government in the implementation of a number of policies related to local governments. MUNICIPAL MERGERS AND INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION. Several attempts have been made to reduce the number of local councils through mergers. In 2003, 23 local councils were consolidated into 11. However, in subsequent years some of these mergers were later reversed. Inter-municipal cooperation is increasingly popular. It started as a voluntary bottom-up process with the creation of the Western Galilee Cluster in 2009, under the form of “Regional cluster”. A pilot programme to establish Voluntary Regional Clusters was created in 2012 under the initiative of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance and several civil society organisations. Subsequent legislation passed by the Knesset formalised the legal status of clusters on December 2016. In 2018, their number increased from 5 to 10, the number of associated local authorities increased from 59 to 109, and the scope of budgetary activity Fiche ISRAEL.qxp_Mise en page 1 11/07/2019 14:40 Page2 increased from about USD 4.16 million to about USD 61 million. Clusters deal with responsibilities such as environmental protection, waste, veterinary services, transportation, specialised education, economic development, etc. STATE TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION. Israel has six statutory administrative districts – North, South, Centre, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa – subdivided into 15 sub-districts. Headed by an officer of the Ministry of the Interior, districts are in charge of overseeing SNGs. Other ministries also have administrative districts, but they are not statutory. Districts act solely as administrative zones delimiting national policy plans. SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES The 1934 and 1941 Municipal Ordinances provided the legal framework for the local government system including a detailed breakdown of municipalities' responsibilities. This framework is, by and large, still in place today. Other regulations have been adopted since to delimit more precisely between central and local functions and provide a more robust legal framework for local government responsibilities. However, Israel does not have a comprehensive modern law on SNG functions, despite past attempts to adopt a new Municipalities Bill, especially in 2007. Local councils’ responsibilities are divided between compulsory responsibilities, devolved competences, and voluntary services. Services under the statutory responsibility of councils as specified by law concern supervision of public works within boundaries, sewerage services, sanitary services, veterinary services and more. Most responsibilities in education and social welfare are national services delegated and operated through SNGs, and their delineation is often unclear. Moreover, local councils sometimes provide additional services according to their preference and depending on their available resources, in particular in the fields of culture, recreation and environmental protection. Over the last few years, decentralisation has occurred. For example, Amendment 101 to the Planning and Building Law (2014) contributed to giving more responsibility and discretion to SNGs in this area. Land-use planning authority was shifted to local level in 2014 to make it more efficient. By contrast, municipal water and sanitation services have been gradually transformed into corporatised utilities that are owned by local municipalities and regulated under licenses by the Israeli Water Authority (IWA). There are now 56 regional water and sanitation utilities serving 187 municipalities and local councils. 27 municipalities serving approximately 4.5% of the population remain without a corporatised water utility. Main responsibility sectors and sub-sectors municipal level 1. General public services Internal administration (including tax and fees collection) 2. Public order and safety Municipal supervision 3. Economic affairs/ transports Physical infrastructure; Roads; Development of a long-term employment strategy (since 2006); Local tourism; Municipal transport infrastructure 4. Environmental protection Parks and public gardens 5. Housing and community amenities Water supply and sanitation (see above); Refuse collection and disposal system; Town and land-use planning; Housing; Street cleaning and sanitation; Veterinary services 6. Health 7. Recreation, culture & religion Sports activities; Cultural activities (libraries, museums, arts, crafts, orchestras, choirs, theatres and similar enterprises); Youth
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